The Sun. — London, England, 1808-08-25 00:00:00

IMOR for Spain. Not less than 50,000 pieces of nankeen have been put in requisition by the French Com mandant of Harnburgh, to cover the walls of the Government House, where a new temporary build ing has,heen erected for the French Officers:and their favourite Ladies to dance in on this fesqAte oc casion. The Lord Keith Cutter, wrecked in a ifOr'rn', in the hegintiiiig.of the year, lies now readr.to:sail to the Elbe, off Altona. The Danes are likewise fitting out a number of Privateers to crUiie in the Elbe and.Weser, to prevent alt communication with tnk- . land by way of Heligoland: These vessels•are most ly Blankanese fishing' smacks.' Since yesterday all the French and Dutch troops haire'also broken up from Holstein with the utmost haste to go to Rendsburgh, and with the report of a defedion. on the part of the Spanish army in that country, and of the landing of 18,090 British trOoliti in Funen, gains more credit every hour. . It is repoi:ted, that the British Fleet as,defeated t hat of Cronsi'Adt, and that tile Russians have dis cuntinued all further operations in Finland.7l:- • Advices from Franckfort state, th at Letters lc have been received from Trieste with intelligence 'that an.oiher English Flag of Truce had arrived there, with the news that the insurreaion•in Spain was almost general, .and that the British regular troops bad joined the insurgents, and were :engaged . in a great battle with the French when the accounts: came away. The number of insurgents is rated at upwards bt . 309,000, who have been joined by the iernainder of the troops of the line. ..,• The French Military Authorities at Hamburgh, and in the North of Germany, exercise the 'utmost severity. Executions are daily to be seen at Ham-. burgh. Two Hanoveriansand a Citizen of Altona have been shot in the Heiligengeist field, near Ham burgh, bye sentence of the Military Cornmittee, for having, it was pretended, enlisted men for the Bri ti,,h service. The gens darmes continually arrest the citizens of Hamburgh, Altona, and Lubeck, and under some specious pretext or other to deliver them up to those tribunals of blood which rffsniind people of the reign of ROBESPIERAE. Thcaubhc misery daily increases every where in the • Nort4, of Germany. The populous and ruined city 6r Hain burgh is entirely deprived of that great resthli',:& of the poor at thi s season - of the •var--fish. the Drench. nor the Danes %kill' allow a fishing-1 oat to go out, and the Blankanes.e fishermen, who lately presented‘a Petition to the Prince of PorrriConvo, vn the subject, were refused permission, to fish, so, that all the fishermen in Holstein are nearly reduced to beggary. • The Frenct Commandant de Place in Hatnburtll j bas j ust set oat tor Spain. lo The reports that Austria is .about to deciAli*ar against France, still continues;:and -are beO l otecll by : 12P ! A great numbe r o f sa il ors dail y arr i ve froM'Aleck ienburgh, Pomerania, and several parts of Pr j ussi - a, evtn Dantzic included, who are driven by larnine and distress to enter into the French services. • ThefollOwing articles are exeraeled from a Swe-. dish and a Spanish Paper. . GoTTENBUttGH, AUG. 16,—An Aid-de-Camp of MarEhai DA.VOLIS.'"" hac btveu at Kiani t tsbur t th, and has, asserted that the Fretiailad been long under appre- • hensioLs of an attack from the Ausirians, :r which' • might have been attended. with. dangerous conse-'. quences, as they had no magazines, nor the means of subsisting an army, while the Austrians were pro vided with every thing. - But now, he added, that they have waited for the harvest, they hadhetter take care of themselves. ANDuJAR, JULY 25.—0 n the 23d, the pat - • ris Army formed in two lines fronting eachothei; when the diviSion of DUPoNT, consisting of 5100 #lcll, of which 1200 were cavalry, and followed by 20 pieces . of can non, marched through and laid dowh their' • ai ms at the distance of, 800 toises. The infantry" were as fine troops as ever left France. On the 24th, the division of Gen.WED EL, consisting of nine thousand men, of which one thousand two hundred "w ro ere cavalry, did the same. The division of Do -127'0 On 0 ; its first a rr i va l i n A n d a l us i a , c o ns i s ted of men in Andalusia thus the French have sustained a loss, se.v,en partial .and alone, of 21,000 men. DUPONT Made _ four general attacks upon the 5pa ..,11,1,511 a rmy, and was repulsed with loss each time. — tie Spanish artillery did wonders, and in less than two hours dismounted 14 pieces of the eOemy's cannon. Forty days preceding this a&ion, CAsTA- Nos had only an army, of 3000 troops at Carniona, and 15,000 peasants, who had run away from olcolea and such ha s b een t h e s kill and enterprise the General, that in the time above-mentioned, be organized and dire6ted a torcr, which had-de tented, and dispersed a fine French ariny of 21,000 men, commanded by an able and distingui s h e d Of- Leer. “AblltyaGil. AUG. 1 o. —The late Ble6lor of Hesse alas gone ink') it z hoe to Dobberan. According to advices-frorit-Sweden, the King has sent the greater part of his puny -to' Finland. The troops already there or on their march are estimated at 36 ,000: . • A battalion of Dutch troops - has marched from Altona into Holstein. Their quarters At Akona will be occupied by Yrenchiroops. On Thursday last his Royal Highness the PRiNCE of WALLS, accompanied by the Duke ofCLAltz . Nrcz, the Hogs. GEOVIL.LIBki, Colonels FREZMANTLE, • BLUOMFIZLD, and .several Officers of -rank, visited the Royal Military College at Great Marlow, wheiq th e two brandlies of The Institution were previously. a 3 setnbled. The Gentlemen Cadets, amounting:to 300, appeared under arms, and went through' several' tvolutioni with great 'promptitude and precision ;- ti leY were afterwards seen at their studies and at dinner. Hi s Royal Highness was pleased to express Ins entire ap' probation of their military, appearance,. a m- 1 the good order that prevailed throughout. MilitarY plans and drawings .executed by the Ofßc d ct§ - , POW gilalif:y . thg themselves fui the service :01110 General Staff, were also inspected, and Ms' IIoYA iirgliness entered fully into the course-of pursued by this branch of the Institutibp; with which - he appeared equally satisfied, 'and' . left the establishment honoured with every mark of hi§ - 311,: Probation. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, AUG: 23.—Sailed the Cricket, of to guns, with a'Spanish Nobleman, for Corunna ; also Disp - atches for the British Fleet nader the command of Admiral DE COURCEY. Sailed the Mediator, of "44 gUns, for Lisbon, having under convoy : the Denham and Rolla 'rran .sports, with troops, and horses .to join the Expe- dition. Arrived the Nimrod Cutter, from eti Brest, with Dispatches; she brings intelligence. that a division of the Brest Squadron, consisting of four Sail of the Line, three Frigates, and six Brigs, lately made an i getempi to escape from the harbour ; but the British ,Squadron being, apprized of .their inteittions, pur sued them, and drove one of their Frigates on shoie, which was set fire to and destroyed : the others re - turned to the harbour. , • ' • • Sailed the. Narcissus Frigate, for Oporto. PORTSMOUTH, AUG, 24.—Yesterday arrived the Calista, AVEATHERHEAD, and Surinam, ---, for Madeira and Surinam, from the Downs. Sailed the Success Frigate, Capt. AYSCOUGH, with a convoy of Transports for Lisbon, and Merchant men for Oporto, Cadiz, and the Mediterranean. • DEAL, AUG. 24.---Remain in the Downs the Princess of Orange• Man of War, Clyde Frigate, Bustler and. Phosphorus Gun-brigs, Harmony Vic tualler, and several other outward-bound Vessels. Sailed through the Downs the, Apollo, REDDELL, for Oporto. SHEERNESS, AUG. 23.—Came into Harbour the Camilla, of 20 guns. The Cestor Frigate, which hung yesterday in launching, was this morning s 'tide hove off b) put chase, and is taken into Dock to be coppered. Sir T. B. • IHOMPSON, Bart. Comptroller of the Navy, and -Comissioner Sir Wm. RULE this. day - • • visited and inspected the Dock-yards, and it is said two new Docks are to be made, and the Ordnance Wharf taken into the Yard. "'' Capt. MATHER is appointed by the Lord 4 Commis ot the Admiralty to !he command of the Combatant Praatn. SPORTIIYG INTELLIGENCE, YORK. AUGUST, MEETING. MONDAY, A SUbscription .of 2565. caen, for all ages. —Four miles. Ld Dailingion's br. c. u> Archduke, 4 yrs old - t Ld•Strathinore's Cassius 5 yrs old - - 2 Mt. c,artorth's b. c. Hyl.4, 4 yrs old - - 3 Lti Milton's Sir. Paul, 6 yrs oid , - - - 4 The i'rOduce Stakes of loogs. each, h. ft.—Four miles. Mr. IV; N. W. iletvett's b. c. Scud - - f I.*:- -- of 4.inii.to•i% u 2. by tiambittonian - t Mr..F..'1 4 . Hutigsbn's b. 1. MAtonn} - - - 3 - - His Majesty's toogs. fur all'ages.—Foin iniles. Mr. Nalton's Rattger, by Hyacinthus, 4 yrs old' - r Mr. Goi - wo6cos-,:li. g. by ditto - - : 2 Mr. Walkeri 'baronet - 3 Mr. Hutchtnson's Silvio - 4 m Mr. S: Duncobe's Rossington. . : -.:- - 5 EGHAM RACES. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24. The Magna' Cliarta blakes of sogs. each, h. ft. for three year olds; colts to carry Sat. fillies Bst. ztb.—The Willtlq of the Derby, OaKs, the Pavilion, Hippocampus, or Darlington Stakes at Brighton, to carry 610 extra. The .nei t v, mite. _ Ldlgretnont's b. c. brother to Tratalgar Ladbrokes o. c. by Teddy, din) by Precipitate Any odds on the winner.—Won easy. 1 - The Ladies' Plate of ;oh for three and four year olds; three yOtir olds to carry fist. 31b. lour year olds Bst. 71l . hl lies allowed 21b.. the winner of one Plate or Sweepstakes this year to carry 31b. of two slb: extra. The best at three two mile heats. Ld StaweWs b, f. Brighton Lass, 3 yrs old, 7st. 41b. t Mr. Ladbroke's b: c. by C;oharina, 3y rs old, fi st. 3 1b. 2 3 Mr. Fermoes br. c. 'Stripling, 4 yrs old, Bst. 71b. - 3 z Ld Egremones b. t. by 1 / 4 .,ohanua i 3 yrs old, fist. 61b. nib. • Lord Egremout's Lazy tidy bolted during the first heat, "alitt'was distanced. tief,re tile starting 6 to 4on the field against the tayuurite the Lazy filly ; 4 and tot against Brighton Lass, and 3 tot against Lord Egremont.- Both nests. won easy Mr. Trevanion t s Lewes beat Mr. F. Craven's Bantam for so guineas— two-miles-5 to 4 Orl' winner:—A goal race. The sports of the day concluded with another hack race betwixt two horNes belonging to 'the Officers of the 9th Light Dragoons; The winner belonged to Capt. SAVAGE, and the horses were rode by their owners. Six horses were to have started, but they were those distanced'in a similar race.on the former day. Cat)t. BALDWIN, the owner of the winning horse yesterday, -broke his stirrup leather during the race. Her MAJESTY and the PRINCPs§ES' hi - rived on the course at one o'clock, 'at'whieli tine the_horses for the first race were . siddied. - The Duke's of Yor.k, CLARENCE, audeuMtiRLAND, wiilted the arrival of their Royal kinclied'at her MAJESTY ' S stand, and cu their. alighting frtsrh'their landaulets,l the Duke of Yottx handed the'CluEEN to her Staild,, followed by the PaiNdtssEs and. Attendants. 07 ; ;. At Tunbridge Wells "Races, on TueSday . and Wed- • nesday last, a -great deal of company was present, but the sport was rather indifferent, A caravan, loaded with nearly twenty persons frotn Tunbridge town, drakii by a bull with gilt horns; and decorated with blue ribbons; 'bri Tuesday, attracted much at-, fention. A flag at the front of the caravan bore the . inscription . of " John 'Bull and his Ftiends," and ou one side of the carriage Was written in. large charac ters, `` Success to the Spanish Patriots." The q6in pany iti.this singular eqUipige appeared true ilkciples ofJohn Bull, and seemed to enjoy 'their pipes and their liberty in a - manner: entirely British!. ' CHARLES, KEMBL,E - has' appeared to advantageln his literary as vcieil as•theatrical.charater'at 'Brighton, for his, play of The Wariderer, and his farce of Plot and Counterlda, have botlybeen represented there • with great ,success. Miss 'SMITH is perforthingat Liverpool._ Report nowSdys 'that she is to resume her ftgmet station at CoVent Garden Theatre, THE GLORIOUS .n. , iTT ftE OF 11./YLEA. SPANISH OFFJCIAL-ACCOUXT . .. . .. . . . • The Camp' Marshal_ Do& -Vl{F.Ounttp.: - REDING, has sent the followitigcomiYmninton, undr date of the 2. 2ci itiAant, vii 'his ..Excellency - 1),,N - F. X. 'C Ii'STANO3.,' Commander in Chief of the'Attny Of Andalusia :-:.— --,,-::,".!:, , , . •,`.. '--- MOT g . EILI.P.NI' SIR, Subsequently•to.t4e dispatch. which I had the honour to transmit:-.to. y our. Excellency , -on the 7th t inst. relative to the attack wade by the divisiiin.under my command, on that of General GdßEllT;(killecl in the anion), which was dislodged front all the po sitions it had occupied, as' far as the proximity of Bayleri, and completely defeated, and to the motives which had induced me tdfall back on •Menjibar; I repassed ; on the evening of ,the sanre day the river of Guadalquivir, and took a posiiion on that night, in which I was joined next morning, on the 18th, by the second division under -the command. of the Camp Marshal the Marquis DE COMPIGNY. We jointly broke up for that city, with a view to attack the enemy if he-occupied it. Immediately on my arrival, in compliance with your Excellency's orders, I disposed- the ctJumtis of attack with, a 'direEtion- to Andujar ; but at three 'o'clock in the morning of. the loth, and when our troops were forming for the march; General' Du . PANT, with his army, attacked our camps, and open ed a fire with his artillery, in the hopea undoubted-: lv of taking us by surprise; but with the celerity of fightning, the troops of the different divisions, 'led on by their intrepid Chiefs, repaired to all the points attack, assisted by artillery; the shock was -so ve hement, that the first company of horse, and also of foot, suffered greatly from the enemy. At the break of day our troops were already in posession of the heights, which they had occupied before ; the enemy attempted his attack on various parts of the line, having the , advantage of forming. his co lurrms under the cover of our fire,_ by the superior position he occupied, under proteCtion of :his ar tillery. He has -been driven from all points, and even pursued, in defiance of all his vigorous attacks, which . he reiterated i hoot .any farther interruption- than what arose from t:ccasional ,recession and the forma - - lion of new columns, until half-past twelve o'clock of the day, when, overcome. by:latigue, :without having been able to gain ground, altf;irugh he had at intervals broke our lines of defence with the courage peculiar . to troops so accustomed: to van quish, and even arrived at_ our batteries, which were served on this day in 4 manner that astonished and the enemy, , and of whiCh there are . few' , parallel instances, as they not only instantaneously dismounted his whole artillery, but annihilated every column in measure as they presented - sthern selves, still protecting the points attacked, and vary.i, iug its posnions according to the exigency of cir-. cumstanceS. The last attack was made by Gen. DU PONT, who',. with the other Generals, placed himself at the head of the columns, under the tire of the artillery, and was sustained •wiith a firmness truly admirable, but with no better success, for by :the account of .the enemy, he had fourteen guns dismounted, two thou sand men killed,, and a vast number wounded, among whom are General DUPONT himself, with two other Gefterats. • Under such circumstances General DUPONT beg ged to capitulate. Hostilities,were accordingly Sus pended. in both armies, and it was stipulated that' each shc,atd - maintain its respe&ive position. The fkuits he valour and perseverance of the generous: troops that compose_ ►hese two divisions, are the total rout of the enemy, the army of DUPONT being made prisoners, and that of \VEnEL being subject ed to the same fate, without any other distinction than that of the latter receiving their arms at,the time of their embarkation only, for having taken pb sition, against military law, during the suspension of arms conceded to him and to his Commander in Chief. The Camp-Marshal Marquis DE COMPIGNY, Chief of the second division, has not only, in con cert with me in the direiStion of -the movements - of this day, contributed to their successful termination, 'but having selected the corps of which 1 have made mention, he led them in person to the hottest points of the three general attacks, and secured by his judgment and gallant example the said•happy result. Brigadier. General Don FRANCISCO BENEGAs, Chief of the van of my division, placedon my'right wing, disposed with skill, and much presence of mind, the proper corps and artillery on : all the points attacked by the enemy, and ably contributed to repel him in all his partial successive attacks, as bell as in the last general and obstinate one, by which he attempted to turn the said wing, at the same time that he was attacking the centre. • , [The remainder of this Document is merely re , ' ommendatory of the regiments and individuals who dininguished themselves on ,the occasion.] (Signed) KEDING. .Baylen, July 22, 1808. • BOIGLARY AIID ROBBERY r!!' Whereasion.the -night of the 20th of July last, a numerous gang:of French and Banditti bur glariously broke, into.the Royal Palace of the city of Madrid, where they concealed themselves until the 2701 of the said mouth, and:then secretly departed, laden with immense booty, having stolen from thence all the plate, and every portable. article of value, taking the road to France ; all patriotic Spa niards are hereby requested to be aiding and assisting in the apprehension 9f all or - any of the said Robbers; and whoever apprehends all or. any of them, shall receive the thank.s and blessings 'of every person in • Europe. Said, banditti were headed by a feroCious rutfiau of the following description He is about 5 feet-7- inches high, of a meagre, - squalid aspet, saffron. coloured complexion. He was, when he escaped, ,habited in a royal robe, which he is known to have ,stolen from .the King's wardrobe at Naples. He is .4, broi her of the noted thief who has committed' numberless robberies all over Europe, murdered Millions of the human race, and IN ho was lately at Bayonne, where, it is supposed, he tarried ‘for the purpose, of receiving the stolen goods which his bro• ther was-!o bring from Spain. • r. - FOR 711 E SUN. THE DUKE OF Yoßk. Spithead, Aug. 10, aoB. EDITOR i At a time when so much appears in the Daily and other Papers,: about cur illustrious Comthander in Chief, evidently written by those who possesi neither knowledge:-Of the subjea,or fads they write 'Abut, it may 'not be deemed intrusive in a British Officer to - ofl - 1, , f a 'few observations, for the consider , - mint) of the public. It has been stated that the Duke of York has al most invariably been beaten in the different , actions he haS fought. This, I most positively deny, and call on'his bitreresten:-.:thy to point out on what day a British Army, under ' his command lost near a thousand men in priSahers, and I believe every °lli.; cer will that no serious defeat could have been sustained wilhout„ sustaining that loss; or it it. could; the General who retired with 60 ilije l o ss, deserved more credit - than the victor. J. will, how ever, adinit, that :the • vi;..tories and 'hard-contested battles which he has,gained, have hitherto produced no great national 'a,ivantage ; but for this neither ha nor his armies can be blamed, as it arose from the failure of the Allies, on other parts of their tQC/ great line•of :operations, extending from the North Sea to the Mediterranean. His Royal Highness the DAe of York seems to have been Most blamed Where he deserved the greatest credit, viz. at the Fielder, in the year It is 'true that the British Arspy (at that time vic. , torious) might have continued a few months longer in Holland than it did, but the only possible C0115C 4 quence that could have arisen from its continuance there, or advancing to Amsterdam, would have been its intire loss to this country, as the French bad at that time above 300;000 men in the field, and the Allies about 250,000, - extending, as I have before• mentioned, with s few intervals, from the Helder to the Mediterranean. Soon after the arrival of ins Royal Highness in Holland, the Russians were su verely handled in Italy and the Tyrol, the Austrians and them both beaten on the Upper Rhine, and the Archduke. who had made a movement in order, to co-operate with the, British, obliged, in consequence, to - retire;. thus situated, almost the while of the French Force could-in a very short time have beerrAimight ; 36l bear against the British Army,: only anionatpg, to, about •!.>s,ooo men, including auxiliataf The 'French Commander in Chief in that eountri saw . so well the critical 'situation of this small - army, that be at firsCbtfered a suspension of hostilities• fora few Weeks, if the Dutch tz;vy. a;4 stores in the arsenal were riot taken away from the Helder=tOrms disdainfully rejected by his Atuyal„ Highness,,:w ) hQ,preferred running every risii,-suoner . - ; than a(Yree'-ib terms so disltdvant eons to bi try';--rat th6::*-tine time `be-cOi4cl not but be aware of the advantage,if.not the necessity, pension - of tiostilitie's until Ms_ artLY re,earbarkerd (a 'measure W;hlChliad requr:iite from the circumstances whiCh had' taken "place ju Germany) a lie, -therefore; 'at cast, agreed Li . ) give up _a, ;corr., Dutch and French Prisoners, ,provided hostilities did not re-coinmetice until every British soldier bad re;einbarked—terms so very disadvantageous to tire French,• that' they never Would have agreed to, had they not suffered yery•severe 'losses in North Holland ; and what censure would not a Britis . b . tierali have deserved; WO„ for the Hltry ct.eosidera-. - tion of a few prisoners, refused to agree-so terms, under the existing circumstances, so favourable, al' lowing his enemy to have been ever so and of this fad every professional soldier must bo aware. - The success of the French armies may almost ex cluiliely be attriLuted to their having, by an incon ceivable celerity of movement, colle&ed, on some partioular point, such avast force as to bear down every thing that- the Allies could bring against theta ai the place they,,4o.tnded to attack. Such is the principle they _hav”cfed upon, and the same that they willif9fl6\ti in`Spain,, for although Buonaparto seems at triTi irn9ment only employed in strewing himself like a puppet to the French Nation, yet. his mind is otherwise occupied, and he has issued or ders for the collecting of such:a powerful army, as' . he hopes will be able to crush the Spaniards, and , our Forces In their Country. Would to God he may be decejsEch i on,Lthat very large • British army may be sent'toW tires rave men, fighting for every tiling dear td tlfeuielves and us. This powerful army of his once beateit - lid every thing is over With him —but 19 etied every possible exer tion, and, like.h t iA, leave not a man, behind that can be bieful there, trusting the defence of the Country, in the interirn i 6 the Voltinteers. It may be relied on,' that, at this moment, he Will go even so far as to say-to every culprit ip France, go and be victorious in Spain', and your crimes will be forgiven, and you shall return 'again to the bosom ,of your Country, with gloiv) or become proprietors of the country you congder, - SUcfh is the latighage he will hold out, and it cannot fail . tb have its eilea. AN OFFICER. . , .. Saturday morning Lieutenant DALTON, of the 4th Dragoons,' undertook, fora considerable wager, to walk 15 miles within the space of three hours. The ground was measured at' Up-street, *on the Margate Road, and he accomplished his undertaking in two' hours and three quarters. The- -odds at t►'e Loin- mencement were three to one against . The pitiful party - writers who have disgusted theit readers by theierepetition satnent?tes, like the Starling, .respecting the delays attending the depar ture of Sir AK,THyIi WELLESI_EY, '-were venting their splenetic tears that IVlinisters-ivtibld -be equally negligent in atternpfing to liberate the Sp a nish troOps in Holstein,l;at vine; moment when' the joyful news of that event .arrived in town ! • , Juractai. PUN.--A cause was recently tried at .. the Cornwall Assizes, respeoing, some _leather small cloaths, whin "induced, One of the Judges to say that it was the first time he had heard of cutting a sitit from a pair of breccheS. Ceitti-EXCHANGE, AUG. 9.s.—The supplies of Wheat Mils thiyiklre short, and the general sales are nearly,*(4lrtittat4tVrices quoted; new llye tor seed about 5 ; per quarter ; Barley and Malt rather lower; White Pease- likewise; Beans of the two • kinds vary but there are !alp supplies of i-Oats, -in : parkr,foreidn,- and, 'excepting pi tine Sam . pies, this . trade 4,,,q,Wtcd cheaper; Flout is a Itte dearer. i ~~--': ~!~ 4. r~ ~- !1 ~' i